Kandinsky : incarnating beauty /

Kandinsky : incarnating beauty /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Kojève, Alexandre, 1902-1968, author.
Imprint:	New York, New York : David Zwirner Books, [2022] ©2022
Description:	95 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 18 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Ekphrasis Ekphrasis (New York, N.Y.)
Subject:	Kandinsky, Wassily, -- 1866-1944 Kandinsky, Wassily, -- 1866-1944. Aesthetics. Aesthetics.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12881638

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Varying Form of Title:	Incarnating beauty
ISBN:	9781644230817 164423081X
Notes:	Translations from French and Russian. Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:	A teacher to Jacques Lacan, Andř Breton, and Albert Camus, Koj̈ve defined art as the act of extracting the beautiful from objective reality. His poetic text, "The Concrete Paintings of Kandinsky," endorses nonrepresentational art as uniquely manifesting beauty. Taking the paintings of his renowned uncle, Wassily Kandinsky, as his inspiration, Koj̈ve suggests that in creating (rather than replicating) beauty, the paintings are themselves complete universes as concrete as the natural world. Koj̈ve's text considers the utility and necessity of beauty in life, and ultimately poses the involuted question: What is beauty? Including personal letters between Kandinsky and his nephew, this book further elaborates the unique relationship between artist and philosopher. An introduction by Boris Groys contextualizes Koj̈ve's life and writings. --

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Call Number:	ND699.K3K65 2022
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